Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
  • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
  • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
  • B07C5/34—Sorting according to other particular properties
  • B07C5/3404—Sorting according to other particular properties according to properties of containers or receptacles, e.g. rigidity, leaks, fill-level
  • B07C5/3408—Sorting according to other particular properties according to properties of containers or receptacles, e.g. rigidity, leaks, fill-level for bottles, jars or other glassware
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
  • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
  • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
  • B07C5/34—Sorting according to other particular properties
  • B07C5/342—Sorting according to other particular properties according to optical properties, e.g. colour
  • B07C5/3422—Sorting according to other particular properties according to optical properties, e.g. colour using video scanning devices, e.g. TV-cameras
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
  • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
  • G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
  • G07F7/06—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by returnable containers, i.e. reverse vending systems in which a user is rewarded for returning a container that serves as a token of value, e.g. bottles
  • G07F7/0609—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by returnable containers, i.e. reverse vending systems in which a user is rewarded for returning a container that serves as a token of value, e.g. bottles by fluid containers, e.g. bottles, cups, gas containers
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02W—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT
  • Y02W30/00—Technologies for solid waste management
  • Y02W30/50—Reuse, recycling or recovery technologies
  • Y02W30/60—Glass recycling
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02W—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT
  • Y02W30/00—Technologies for solid waste management
  • Y02W30/50—Reuse, recycling or recovery technologies
  • Y02W30/62—Plastics recycling; Rubber recycling

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a method and a device for detecting containers, e.g., bottles of glass or plastic, or cans made of metal, wood, glass or plastic, which for the recycling of materials or reuse of the container, are transported in a lying position and with their axis parallel to the direction of transport past a detector station containing a video camera, a video image analysis of the container being carried out.
• containers e.g., bottles of glass or plastic, or cans made of metal, wood, glass or plastic
• the method is characterised by: a) - analysing a sequence of video images of the container whilst it is conveyed past the video camera; and b) - determining the position and movement of the container in a viewing region of the video camera on the basis of continuous detection of the position and movement of the container in the video image; and/or
• the container is of a specific metal type, and this can be carried out using one or more known metal detectors.
• the device is characterised in that - the video image analyser is connected to the video camera in order to analyse a sequence of video images whilst the container is conveyed past the video camera, the video analyser containing:
• a position detector for determining the position and movement of the container in a viewing region of vision of the video camera on the basis of continuous detection of the position and movement of the container in the video image, and/or
• a calculator component for determining, when the container moves into the video image, whether the container enters the detection zone (video image) mouth first (e.g., top portion or neck of bottle) or bottom first, and
• control component which causes the container to be fed back to a container insertion portion if it comes mouth first, and which has a signalling means for signalling the need to turn the container so that it is inserted bottom first when reinserted, or causes the container to be fed on to a discharge station if it comes bottom first.
• a container shape calculation circuit which on the basis of the video image of the container is adapted to calculate a characteristic expression of the shape of the container, such as its contour, surface area in the video image, cross-section or the like.
• the analyser also contains a circuit which determines the best video image of the container with a view to recognition and identification.
• the video camera will also be advantageous to allow the video camera to be a colour video camera, especially when the container is a bottle of glass or plastic, a lighting unit being provided to illuminate the bottle.
• the analyser contains a colour determination circuit for establishing the colour of the container in the video image based on the bottle's light transmittivity to light which is emitted in a cluster of wave lengths.
• Fig. 5a and Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 show a preferred sorting device for use in a reverse vending apparatus as shown in Fig. 1.
• Fig. 5b shows a variant of the sorting device for increased sorting potential.
• Figs. 10-21 show details in connection with a bottle raiser which is a part of the reverse vending apparatus according to the invention.
• Fig. 22 shows a variant of the discharge solution from the bottle raiser.
• Fig. 23 shows a variant of the bottle raiser in Figs. 10-21.
• Fig. 1 shows a reverse vending apparatus where certain parts, inter alia, the front panel, have been removed in order to make some details more visible.
• the reverse vending apparatus consists of three main sections 100, 200 and 300.
• the main section 100 has an insertion opening 101 , wherein containers, such as empty bottles of glass or plastic, optionally containers in the form of empty cans made of glass, plastic, metal or wood, can be placed on a V-shaped conveyor 102 consisting of an inclined conveyor belt 103 which is driven over a pair of rollers 104, 105 by means of a motor 106.
• the V-shaped conveyor also has an inclined, stationarily positioned sliding surface 107. The sliding surface may be equipped with a metal detector 108.
• a video camera 109 is placed such that it looks down towards the conveyor 102, for example, through a window or opening 110.
• the reverse vending apparatus will be especially useful in connection with the payment of return deposits, where a user will be able to insert containers onto the conveyor 102 and request a receipt for the accepted containers by pushing a control button 111.
• a receipt will then be supplied via an opening in a printer 112, so that the receipt can be exchanged for cash.
• the printer can be replaced by a coin dispenser.
• a device is conceivable wherein the apparatus user can selectively determine that the return deposits are to be donated to a charity, e.g., the Red Cross, SOS-Kinderdorf, the Salvation Army or the like.
• At least one display 113 it will be advantageous to use at least one display 113.
• a further display 114 can be provided, e.g., a further display 114.
• Both the displays can, e.g., be of the LCD type.
• a return opening 1 15 which communicates with the section 200 where sorting out can take place.
• the section 100 may further contain a loudspeaker 116 for signalling messages to the user of the reverse vending apparatus or to give audio signals which summon the attention of the user or the maintenance staff.
• a loudspeaker 116 for signalling messages to the user of the reverse vending apparatus or to give audio signals which summon the attention of the user or the maintenance staff.
• a load cell 1 17 arranged on the stationary part 107 of the conveyor 102.
• a load cell 1 17 there will also be other facilities for detecting whether a container that is inserted contains a substance, e.g., liquid, or not.
• a memory card device which makes it possible to exchange information with a computer in the apparatus by using special data cards.
• a display 120 for maintenance and repair staff can also be provided in the apparatus, preferably in section 100, in connection with a suitable computer 121.
• the reverse vending apparatus may also be connected to a modem, so that data can be tele- transmitted to and from the apparatus, e.g., in connection with fault reports or fault repair of simple faults.
• the modem is indicated by means of the reference numeral 122. Furthermore, it is possible to provide a point-of-sale (POS) computer 123 in the shop or the business location where the reverse vending apparatus is located. A computer of this kind might be useful for statistical purposes, communication with check-outs in a shop or supermarket, or to ensure that a receipt that is cashed in at a check-out cannot be cashed in again.
• POS point-of-sale
• the said functional members 113, 1 14, 111, 116-123 are, as shown in Fig. 2, connected to a motherboard 124 which contains a microprocessor, a memory and input and output units for data to and from the motherboard.
• the motherboard and thus also the said members 113, 114, 1 11, plus 1 16-123 are supplied with working voltage, e.g., +24V DC via the motherboard.
• the motherboard 124 communicates with a video capture card 125, a motor control card 126 and a motor auxiliary card 127 via an expansion bus 128.
• the video capture card 125 receives input from the video camera 109.
• the video capture card may contain a digital signal processor, a video frame storage device, and means for input and output of data.
• the video capture card may be equipped with a lighting means 129 so as to be able to provide the right lighting in connection with the detection of the shape of a container.
• Fig. 3b it is shown how an attempt is made to insert a bottle mouth (top portion or neck of bottle) first.
• the calculator component in the insertion analyser 130 will thus first determine that the container in this case has been inserted incorrectly.
• the control component which is included in the analyser 130 will cause the container B to be fed back to the insertion portion of the reverse vending apparatus at the start of the conveyor 102.
• a signal will be given to the apparatus user that he should turn the container so that the bottom of the container B is inserted first on reinsertion.
• the video image will appear approximately as shown in Fig. 3c.
• the bottom of the container, in this case a bottle is indicated by means of the reference B2.
• the calculator component would have calculated that the container was moving into the video image with the container bottom B2 first, and thus cause the container to be conveyed further to a discharge station in either section 200 or section 300.
• the video capture card 125 preferably includes a container shape calculation circuit 132.
• the circuit 132 is capable of calculating a characteristic expression of the shape of the container, such as the container's contour, surface area, cross-section or the like.
• the video camera 109 may expediently be a black and white camera, but use of a colour video camera is also conceivable. If a colour video camera is used, a colour determination circuit 133 which is included in the video capture card 125 can be put to use.
• the video capture card 125 may also contain a bar code reader 134 which is adapted to scan continuously a field of the video image in order to look for and register a bar code located on the container, indicated by means of the reference numeral 135 in Fig. 3e.
• the bar code will in a number of cases give indirect information with regard to, e.g., the colour of the bottle, so that use of a black and white camera is sufficient.
• the video capture card may also include, in connection with the bar code reader 134, a circuit which causes the container to be conveyed back to the insertion portion 115 of the reverse vending apparatus if the microprocessor 124 does not accept the container because of the bar code reading made by the bar code reader 134.
• a small gap will occur between the conveyors 102 and 201, i.e., between respective rotatory rollers 105 and 202.
• Conventional bar code sensors 162, 163 and 164 may be located in the gap, and where each will cover an area of detection on the container equal to about 120°.
• the reference numeral 138' in Fig. 3e denotes typical and possibly longitudinal markings in the video image of a container, which indicate that the bottle wholly or partly contains liquid. In the illustrated case a small residue is present in the bottle.
• Figs. 3f and 3g show the container, here in the form of a bottle, on its way out of the detection area.
• the video capture card 125 with its subcircuits 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 136 and 138, communicates with the motherboard 124 via the expansion bus 128, and the motor control card 126 is thus actuated via the motherboard 124.
• Fig. 4 shows a flow chart in connection with some of the detection functions attended to by the video capture card.
• block 139 there appears a new article in the form of a container B, as shown in Fig. 3b or Fig. 3c.
• block 140 will decide whether this happens or not.
• block 140 will emit an affirmative signal, which will set off an alarm at block 141 as an indication of attempted swindle.
• the reverse vending apparatus will stop its function as shown in block 142, as in this case there must be a pause for the manual resetting of the reverse vending apparatus. If no attempt at swindle is made, so that the container, bottle or, e.g., can, is thus fed into the detection zone from right to left as shown in Fig. 3, the block 140 will emit a negative signal, which initiates at block 143 operation of insertion motor 106.
• the insertion analyser 130 will decide whether the container is inserted bottom first. If this is not the case, a negative signal will be discharged from the block 144, which at block 145 initiates a message to the apparatus user to insert the container, in this example a bottle, "bottle bottom first".
• a message of this kind can, e.g., be shown on the display 113. Subsequently the insertion is stopped in that the motor 106 is stopped, as indicated by block 146. There is then a short pause whilst the apparatus user retrieves the container, that is, e.g., the bottle or can, for reinsertion, as is indicated by block 147. If it is established at block 144 that the container is inserted bottom first, an affirmative signal is emitted. Subsequently it is established at block 148 whether the container's top, in this case the bottle top portion, is visible or not. If the container top is not visible, as in Fig.
• a negative signal is emitted from the block 148, which via block 143 causes the insertion motor 106 to be run until the container top is visible.
• the container in this case is analysed and classified, e.g., by using one or more of the circuits 130-134 and 136, 138. If the container, e.g., a bottle, is deemed to be accepted, as indicated by block 150, an affirmative signal is emitted.
• the digital signal processor in the video capture card 125 asks whether the container has passed the detection area or the shape chamber. If the container has come as far in the video image as shown in Fig. 3g, the position detector 131 will emit an affirmative signal, which, as indicated at block 152, signals that the return deposit value is to be accumulated in the motherboard 124. Subsequently a "bottle processed" signal 153 is emitted.
• the section 200 of the reverse vending apparatus will now be described in more detail with reference to Figs. 1, 2 and 5-9.
• This section of the apparatus is designed for sorting containers which are inserted and which pass through the section 100.
• Fig 1 there is shown downstream of the conveyor 102 a further conveyor 201 which has a first rotatory roller unit 202 and a second rotatory roller unit 203.
• the first roller unit 202 has a stationary axis of rotation 204.
• the roller unit 202 is mounted in a fixed bracket 205.
• a first motor 206 is operatively connected to the roller unit 202 via a transmission 207. The motor 206 thereby causes rotation of the roller unit 202. Consequently, rotation of the second roller unit 203 is also effected in that a plurality of adjacently disposed elastic belts or bands 208, 209, 210 and 211 are provided, which run in grooves made for this purpose, such as the grooves 212, 213, 214 and 215 on the roller unit 203.
• the conveyor 201 has a supporting frame 217 to which is secured a motor bracket 218 in which a motor 219 is suspended.
• the holder 216 is tillable.
• the motor 219 will via a connection 220 be made capable of steering the tiltable holder 216 in one direction or another in a plane transverse to the conveyor 201 from a centre position (as shown in Fig. 6) where the axis of rotation of the second roller unit is parallel to the axis of rotation of the first roller unit.
• the axis of rotation of the second roller unit is in Fig. 6 denoted by the reference numeral 221.
• the detector unit as represented by the motherboard 124 and the video capture card 125, contains a control circuit 156, advantageously provided on the motherboard 124, which control circuit 156, on the basis of data linked to the detectable container with a view to whether the container is to be sorted out in the station 200 or conveyed further, either actuates the second motor 219 to turn in order to tilt the second roller unit 203 holder 216 a certain angle ( ⁇ l ; ⁇ 2) to one side or the other, as indicated in Figs. 7 and 8 in order to cause a container of the type in question, e.g., B, which is lying on the conveyor 201 to be tipped to one side or the other to a first exit 222 as indicated in Figs.
• a container of the type in question e.g., B, which is lying on the conveyor 201 to be tipped to one side or the other to a first exit 222 as indicated in Figs.
• a second exit 223 as shown in Fig. 1 and indicated in Fig. 8.
• the container e.g., a bottle or a can
• containers are discharged to the first exit 222, these will be fed via a chute to the exit 115 in the first section 100.
• the exit 223 may conceivably contain a controllable flap 228 driven by a motor or actuator 229.
• the flap 228 will thus in reality serve as an extra container sorter at the exit 223.
• Corresponding flaps may optionally be provided at the exit 222 (not shown in Fig. 1).
• the roller units 202 and 203 preferably have a double-cone configuration, a so-called "diabolo" shape.
• the motors 206 and 219 are preferably stepping motors.
• Containers of metal which contain metal e.g., steel, metal cans which wholly or partly contain or consist of steel or containers which contain foreign bodies will normally be sorted out to the first exit 222 for return to the reverse vending apparatus user, as such containers normally will not be accepted because they can neither be compacted, further treated or recycled. These must therefore be dealt with in another way.
• metal e.g., steel
• metal cans which wholly or partly contain or consist of steel or containers which contain foreign bodies will normally be sorted out to the first exit 222 for return to the reverse vending apparatus user, as such containers normally will not be accepted because they can neither be compacted, further treated or recycled.
• a bottle raiser 310 At the downstream end of the conveyor 201 , there is provided according to the invention, a bottle raiser 310, with a view to conducting transported bottles B which arrive bottom B2 first from a lying position, as indicated to the right in Figs. 10 and 1 1 , to a vertical or standing position as shown clearly in Fig. 1 1.
• the bottle raiser comprises a curved guide duct or shaft 302 which provides a guide or slide for the bottle B and a shock absorbing rest 303.
• the guide duct 302 may be of different lengths and may be constructed to guide bottles across of distance of some meters, e.g., from one floor to a floor below, as indicated in Fig. 23.
• the guide duct may have, e.g., an upright portion 302'.
• a bottle stabiliser indicated by means of the reference numeral 304 is operated by a stepping motor 305 (for the sake of simplicity only shown in Fig. 12).
• the bottle stabiliser 304 is a rotatable unit having at least one vertical wing 306 which is secured to a vertical spindle 307.
• the wing shown in Fig 13 will be in contact freedom with the bottle B as a function of data calculated by the motherboard 124 of the detector section relating to the bottle, e.g., diameter, height and weight, whereby the bottle B is capable of being guided freely down towards the rest 303. Then the wing 306, on control from the motherboard and thus via the motor control card 126, will be brought into a second position as shown in Fig. 15 in contact against a portion of the bottle and push the bottle B towards a back wall 308 in said duct or shaft 302.
• the bottle stabiliser 304 is made so that it also functions as a bottle ejector.
• the bottle stabiliser can, for example, be equipped with additional wings, e.g., wings 309 and 310, the motor 305 on stabilisation as shown in Figs. 14 and 15 turning, when seen from above, anti-clockwise, whilst the unit 304, as shown in Fig. 17, turns clockwise thereby causing the wing 310 to push the bottle B onto a further conveyor 31 1 , preferably with the aid of a guide wall 312.
• additional wings e.g., wings 309 and 310
• the motor 305 on stabilisation as shown in Figs. 14 and 15 turning, when seen from above, anti-clockwise, whilst the unit 304, as shown in Fig. 17, turns clockwise thereby causing the wing 310 to push the bottle B onto a further conveyor 31 1 , preferably with the aid of a guide wall 312.
• the combined bottle stabiliser and bottle ejector 304 is preferably equipped with three vertical wings. However, it will be understood that it is fully possible to use a smaller number of wings or perhaps a larger number of wings if the bottle dimensions are small or the spindle 307 is some distance from the side of the guide duct or shaft 302.
• At least the lower portion of the wings 306, 309 and 310 are made having a plurality of fingers, such as the fingers 313, 314, 315, 316, for the wing 306 and the fingers 317, 318, 319 and 320 for the wing 309, as shown in Fig. 12.
• the fingers on the wing 310 are poorly visible in Fig. 20, but will have a design corresponding to those on the wings 306 and 309.
• the back wall 308 is also made having fingers 321, 322, 323, 324 and 325, so that the finger portions on the wings 306, 309 and 310 can pass between the mutual space between the fingers 321-325 of the back wall.
• the respective wings 306, 309 and 310 in the rotating unit which constitutes both the bottle stabiliser and the bottle ejector are slightly curved. This curve is desirable in order to ensure a controlled stabilisation and ejection.
• the wings 306, 309 and 310 have preferably the same angular separation.
• a new bottle B comes into place on the horizontal rest 303 and is ready for stabilisation with the aid of the wing 310 which has just ejected the bottle.
• it will always be the wing which has ejected the previous bottle which will have a stabilising effect on the next bottle.
• an efficient operation is achieved by the combined bottle stabiliser and bottle ejector 304.
• an arrival sensor 326 In order to register that a bottle comes into place on the rest 303, there may be provided at a lower portion of the guide, an arrival sensor 326 which views the space at the bottom of the guide or shaft 302.
• the conveyor 311 is driven by a motor 327, which for the sake of simplicity is indicated on only Fig. 12.
• the conveyor 311 will, with the aid of the motor 327, cause the ejected bottles to be transported further.
• the conveyor 31 1 may either convey the bottles in the same direction as they were conveyed through the sections 100 and 200, or provide transport in a transverse direction with the aid of a transversely positioned conveyor 335, as shown in Fig. 22.
• the guide wall 321 should be extended and made having a curve as is shown by means of the reference numeral 336.
• the motor 327 may either be a motor designed for continuous operation or a typical stepping motor.
• the conveyor 311 is operated in a known way per se over respective end rollers 328 and 329.
• the position sensor 327 in connection with the bottle raiser 301 it may also be expedient to provide the bracket 218 with a position sensor 225 which views an indicator 226 which is fixedly mounted on the tiltable holder 216. In this way a centre position for the holder 216 can always be accurately registered.
• a position sensor 227 on the actual frame of the conveyor 201 close to the position of the holder 216, so that when the sensor 227 registers that a container bottom has reached the position of the sensor 227 and is to be thrown out to one side or the other as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, respectively, the motor 206 is made to stop, whilst the motor 219 operates to tilt the holder 216 to one side or the other as shown in Figs. 7 and 8.
• a network distributor card 159 which is connected to a 12-channel serial bus which communicates with the motherboard 124, and where the bus is also connected to an in/out channel card 161 which on detection of, e.g., a stoppage in the discharge from the conveyor 311, as a result of a stoppage signal from a detector 330, emits a external alarm 331.
• the stoppage may be attributable to the fact that a collection table 332, which follows immediately after the conveyor 311, has become full.

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